A low-temperature freezing system to study the effects of temperatures to -70 °c on trees in situ

Tree Physiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 313-320

  Buchner, Othmar ^a   Neuner, Gilbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Freezing exotherm; Frost resistance; Ice nucleation; Picea abies; Quercus robur; Regrowth test; Rhododendron ferrugineum; Supercooling; Viability assay

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FROST HARDINESS; LOW TEMPERATURE; NUCLEATION; REGROWTH; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THAWING; XYLEM;

ABIES; PICEA ABIES; QUERCUS ROBUR; RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON FERRUGINEUM;

ARTICLE; FREEZING; MERISTEM; OAK; PHYSIOLOGY; RHODODENDRON; SPRUCE; TREE; XYLEM;

FREEZING; MERISTEM; PICEA; QUERCUS; RHODODENDRON; TREES; XYLEM;

EID: 66349135135     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpn038     Document Type: Article

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